VIENTIANE (1 June 2012) –With just three months left to the actual competition, the AFF Under-16 Preparatory Tournament this week in Laos will allow competing teams to assess their level of preparedness. The four teams – Laos, Japan, Australia and Thailand – have all qualified for the main event of the AFC Under-16 Championship which…
HANOI (31 May 2012) – Vietnam Coal and Mineral won the 2012 edition of the VFF Women’s Championship courtesy of a close 1-0 win over HCM City. With two more games yet to play, Vietnam Coal have amassed enough lead at the top of the standings to guarantee the title. In the match that was…
PHNOM PENH (31 May 2012) – With current coach Lee Tae Hoon not expected to extend his two-year stint with the national team, the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) have indicated that they will be using local talent to lead the nation’s campaign for the AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying round this October in Myanmar. Cambodia…
A shared passion for football is uniting Buddhists and Muslims in the far south of Thailand, where grassroots efforts to find elusive peace are gaining ground after years of bloodshed. Unmissable in their bright orange shirts, the players of local side Pattani FC exchanged banter almost as fast as their passes around the training pitch.…
MANILA (30 May 2012) – Michael Weiss, the chief coach of the Philippines national team, is not at all perturbed with the absence of goalkeeper Neil Etheridge between the posts when they face ASEAN champions Malaysia in a friendly on 1 June 2012. The German tactician said that with the depth the team currently has,…
JAKARTA (30 May 2012) – After successfully securing the services of three players from the Indonesia Super League (ISL) to fortify the national team recently, the FA of Indonesia (PSSI) will be out to enlist even more players for the national cause. The three ISL players who had joined the Indonesia senior squad recently were…